Sanfedismo

Sanfedismo was a populist and anti-republican movement that existed in southern Italy in 1799, led by Cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo. The movement had 17,000 followers, mostly the peasants of Naples, and the Sanfedisti were allied to Great Britain during their struggle against the French-backed Parthenopaean Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars. In June 1799, the Sanfedisti liberated Naples, restoring the Kingdom of Naples and pushing the French out of Italy.